by
Mike McNeill, Coaching Development, Basketball BC
The following are a number of tactics that can be used to get the ball inside. Whether
they are a part of a play your team runs, or they are part of the concepts you teach
players, all teams must have several strategies to get the ball inside.
Post Triangle: This is possibly the
most fundamental of all concepts. In
this example, O5 is positioned directly
on the line from the basket to the wing.
This is called the line of deployment.
The significance of this position is that
for the defender to prevent the ball from
being passed directly inside he/she must
either be on the top or bottom side of the
post. This opens up a passing lane on
the other side of O5. It is important for
O2 and O3 to be on either side of the
line of deployment. The post player
must prevent the defender from going
over top by keeping his/her feet active
and preventing the defender from
stepping across their foot closest to the
ball.